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A Positive Perspective

LAS VEGAS - FEBRUARY 24: Hotel-casinos on the Las Vegas Strip are seen behind homes February 24, 2009 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Home prices in Las Vegas fell by 33 percent compared to the same period last year according to the Standard & Poors/Case-Shiller index for the fourth quarter of 2008. Las Vegas' slide was the second worst of the 20 cities tracked by the index, which also shows that national home prices dropped 18.2 percent in the fourth quarter, the largest slide in the index's 21-year history. In addition, the Federal Housing Finance Agency on Tuesday reported an 8.2 percent drop in home prices from a year earlier, its largest annual decline recorded since 1991. (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images)

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(Las Vegas, NV) — How are we doing? We’re doing better than you might think. The Las Vegas Perspective releases it’s annual market profile and the results are positive.

The population is growing again, during 2013 increasing to 2.06 million people at the highest growth rate since 2007. Report author Jeremy Aguero of Applied Analysis says people say they’re moving here for two primary reasons either to find jobs or retire .

The Las Vegas Perspective survey indicates 38 percent of those responding believe they are better off financially than there were a year ago.

Looking to the future 46 percent of residents expect the southern Nevada economy to expand in the next 12 months.